Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 7/13/08http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/19/reference-question-of-the-week-71308/
or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference DeskTue, 08 Aug 2017 06:34:42 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2By: Swiss Army Librarian » Reference Question of the Week – 2/24/13 :: Brian Herzoghttp://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/19/reference-question-of-the-week-71308/#comment-20637
Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:05:23 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=376#comment-20637[…] Question of the Week – 2/24/13 March 2nd, 2013 This sort of happened once before, and I think it's awesome – although it probably wasn't very awesome to […]
]]>By: Destineehttp://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/19/reference-question-of-the-week-71308/#comment-593
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:59:06 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=376#comment-593The head librarian at my library called me once while I was on the reference desk to ask where the nearest liquor store was (he was driving in unfamiliar neighborhood). I didn’t even have to look anything up to tell him, which at first made me proud, and then, after I thought about it for a second, made me embarassed.
]]>By: laura khttp://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/19/reference-question-of-the-week-71308/#comment-592
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:49:20 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=376#comment-592Oh man, I love the crazy coincidence! Even that they were both looking for pizza. How often do things like this happen, anyway?

The applicable lesson for libraries is also quite interesting. 🙂

]]>By: Stephanie Willen Brownhttp://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/19/reference-question-of-the-week-71308/#comment-591
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:53:59 +0000http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=376#comment-591love the remote phone call for help from Florida! Portability of library help is an interesting issue. I am an academic librarian, and I give out my IM screen name in classes. I also tell them to add me to their buddy list, so if they have a question in the future, not related to this assignment or even this class, they can get in touch with me. It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally I do get an IM from someone one or two semesters back.

Curious to hear how you’d promote this in a public library – but cell phones are a great place to start!